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Back in the day—when the Shoshone, Ute and Paiute roamed the Salt Lake Valley—the natural world ruled for, like, thousands of years. But then along came Mormon leader Brigham Young, who, in 1847, scanned the valley from the mountains above and declared, “This is the right place.” At his utterance, a humble pioneer outpost came into being, eventually emerging as Utah’s...